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The two sides of a white room filled with wooden panels are filled with an array of brightly coloured kitchen utensils with their shopping tags. At the back of the room, a door leads to another room, framing the corner of a stone sculpture and a display wall of colourful square objects in the next room.

Canton Express

Canton Express

23 Jun 2017
10 Sept 2017
Location: M+ Pavilion

Canton Express is the new iteration of the Canton Express project that was part of the exhibition Zone of Urgency curated by Hou Hanru for the 2003 Venice Biennale. Hailed as a major international showcase of works from the Pearl River Delta, the project reflected on how rapid globalisation and urbanisation in China during the 1990s had impacted on the region and its local cultural landscape.

Moving away from painting and political iconography, participating artists expressed their skeptical attitude toward a commercially-driven society through multimedia practices and site-specific installations that explored the physical, mental, and emotional complexities of life in the "factory of the world". Works from the project were later acquired by art collector Guan Yi and donated to M+ in 2013.

The 2017 Canton Express features photography, sculptures, videos, installations, and archival materials to highlight a unique regional artistic language. Presented from today's perspective, the exhibition unfolds the history and challenges behind the 2003 visionary show and demonstrates M+'s commitment to preserving distinctive artistic content and art historical moments within the narrative of the museum collection.

Installation view of six cathode ray tube TVs placed on a bunk bed with black metallic railings. Four face the viewer while two others have their backs facing the viewer. The TVs are surrounded by grey bricks stacked on top of one another.

Lin Yilin, 'Hotbed', 1993-2003. Steel frame bunk bed, bricks, six-channel video (colour, sound), M+, Hong Kong. Gift of Guan Yi, 2013. ©M+, Hong Kong

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